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Night Shift

1982 · directed by Ron Howard · 106 min
22,550 feet · Prominence
1,904th of 24,106 films scored
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How this film scores

Draw52

Lifetime worldwide gross $21m, re-releases included; about $72m in 2026 money.

Rank3,519 of 11,051In 198231 of 98

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise79

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics78 baseAwards11 signal → +1 lift

Golden Globes1 nominated Lead acting
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since.

Legacy38

Judged directly: Early Howard-Keaton comedy, largely forgotten.

Verdict38 of 100IMDb6.5 from 19kWikipedia11k views a monthAge44 years

Scored beside it · 1,913 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 52 praise 79 legacy 38averages 56, placing it at22,550 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Henry Winkler▲ Ola Ray

In these careers — elevation for this film

Michael Keaton19,720 ftHenry Winkler18,818 ftShelley Long18,668 ftRon Howard18,244 ftKevin Costner17,655 ftOla Ray17,651 ftShannen Doherty17,626 ftCharles Fleischer17,625 ft